Hi--I'm a beadweaver located in Panama City, FL. Here I'm trying to put down where my ideas are headed, and what I'm working on creatively. You can see more of my work at emiliepritchard.com

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

bowl with wide lip

I've been having trouble with the blogger website. If I try to move my picture to the left and write next to it, as I usually do, I can't get a cursor, so I'll just do it this way.
I've been wanting to try using 4mm glass beads (druk beads) to do some of the things I've been doing with 4 mm gemstone beads. Turns out they're much easier to work with. Mostly it's because the hole is a bit bigger, and because since the bead is translucent, you can see the direction of the channel through it much more easily.
I've been thinking about making a vessal form. Originally when I decided to play around with beads, I thought I'd make vessal forms. But a bowl or basket form is necessarily a relatively big project, and you learn more quickly by trying lots of smaller projects and seeing which ones work for you. So I started making jewelry instead. Now I find I like jewelry (and I like wearing my jewelry), but I still want to do an occasional bowl or vase or other form that's just sculptural. I knew I wanted to keep this one relatively flat, bacause I've found that as a vessal's sides get high, the weight starts to squish it down. It's a bit hard to see in the picture, but the center part is the bowl, which is about 4.5" in diameter and 2" high. The darker rim makes the whole thing just under 7" in diameter. I think that, given the width, it needs a bit more height, so I'll probably go back and addsome sort of base onto the bottom. Also that will make it more stable.
This is pretty weird--I've just realized that I've misspelled vessel all the way through this post, but the only thing I can get the cursor to do is add more on the end. So please ignore any misspellings, typos and such. I wish I knew what the problem is.

3 comments:

Nice design. I love the colors. Is it stiff enough to hang on a wall? I've never made a beaded bowl before. I don't know what I'd put in it. Anyway, your bowl is beautifully symmetrical, while at the same time looking organic. Well done.

I suppose you could hang it; I've never thought of that. It's just a bit floppy, but mostly it holds its shape pretty well. I had tried a similar bowl using beads that had too big a center hole, and there was just too much sobbliness, so I ended up taking it apart. But this one has enough firmness, I think.

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